Divert catastrophe during the cold war. Now, however, we find ourselves without it. The dual attacks of this weekend raised the question whether we can address gun violence and the rising threat of White Nationalism. Trumps official response was a scripted speech he read monday from a teleprompter in the diplomatic room of the white house. Trump recited the kinds of words condemning White Supremacy the president should say in the wake of such a tragedy. But they are words he could neither credibly deliver or be taken to heart. That unifying message stood in stark contrast to more than two and a half years of namecalling, demonizing minorities and inflaming racial animus. Trumps speech came on monday after a visit to his golf club in new jersey, where he spent part of the weekend complaining to allies and club members of the golf resort about Media Coverage that seemed to blame him for the shootings. According to this report in the post, Senior Policy Adviser Stephen Miller led the effo